Stuffed Marrow, Chinese Style

Vegetables, also Vegetarian Foods

Stuffed Marrow, Chinese Style
Ingredients:
2 Chinese marrow, also known as hairy vegetable
5 Chinese black mushrooms, soaked in hot water for half an hour
5 baby corn, each cut into four pieces across their width
5 Tablespoons green peas
½ carrot, peeled and cut into half-inch dice
2 Tablespoons fermented bean curd, mashed
2 teaspoons sugar
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
3 cloves fresh garlic, peeled and chopped
Preparation:
1. Peel marrow and cut them in half the long way, cut off both ends and remove seeds and some of the flesh leaving half-inch exterior of shape of each marrow half.
2. Cut off and discard mushroom steams and cut each one into medium or half-inch dice.
3. Mix fermented bean curd and the sugar, and set aside.
4.Heat vegetable oil and stir-fry the garlic for one minute, then add the mushrooms, corn, peas, and carrot pieces and stir-fry for two minutes before mixing these vegetables with half the mashed fermented bean curd sauce. Put them into the half marrow boats and on to a heat-proof platter.
5. Steam over boiling water for eight to ten minutes, stir the vegetables with the remaining mashed sauce mixture, then carefully remove the platter on to a cool one, and serve.

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